Rush emergency!

[lexie <3 DPD]

I was just wondering ( although the other ideas were great) if there are any tactics that work really well for other sororities during rush...I have heard of making the girls chalk the letters on the side walk like "RUSH XYZ" or wearing mardigras beads with your letters on it that you have to pass off everytime you walk by a sister so when people ask you start talking to them about your sorority...

but are there any other tactics you guys can think of?

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by lexie <3 DPD

I was just wondering ( although the other ideas were great) if there are any tactics that work really well for other sororities during rush...I have heard of making the girls chalk the letters on the side walk like "RUSH XYZ" or wearing mardigras beads with your letters on it that you have to pass off everytime you walk by a sister so when people ask you start talking to them about your sorority...

but are there any other tactics you guys can think of?

Chalking is a good idea. You could also make a couple of "DPD welcomes you to campus!" banners to put around campus (also for holidays), and help students move into dorms while wearing letters.

[Lightning Bug!]

Okay, try this.

Gather your 12 members together. Figure out some sort of small but "catchy" philanthropic project that a) is meaningful to all of you, and b) is doable, in terms of being fairly simply executed.

Now, here's the key - make it something that you can share with another campus group. Like, tidying up the garden at a senior home/center, putting together craft kits for a local elementary school in need of supplies - that sort of thing. Remember the two above points that you need to keep in mind.

Invite other groups on campus - small and medium sized organizations - to participate with you. Be very gracious about finding dates and times that work for everybody, and maybe plan to have an informal "let's go get pizza/ice cream afterwards" type of thing. There are other small groups who are in similar need of organization and purpose - trust me. Be polite and target your audience right. Obviously work out the permission with the recipient of your do-gooding BEFORE issuing the invitations. Hopefully you can get several groups to take you up on the offer, and maybe you can volunteer or schedule your event several times over the course of a term.

Call your campus/local newspaper and give them a heads-up about what you're doing. Smile and be enthusiastic if a photographer/reporter shows up.

At the very least, this will get your name out via the invitations.

Good luck!

[33girl]

Be really careful with chalking. Some universities/towns are OK with it and some consider it vandalism. If it's not something you've seen done on your campus before I would ask before doing it.

[excelblue]

It seems like you've been a bit too overdependent on reputation. It helps, but you gotta build and hold it. Otherwise, it wears off.

the route to take now is to identify exactly why others girls should join your sorority instead of any other one.

Another thing is approaching people -- you got to reach out to them and make a connection before they'll agree to invest as much time as joining a sorority. If you don't do that and just hold events, there's no reason for people to come, much less commit to anything.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by excelblue

Another thing is approaching people -- you got to reach out to them and make a connection before they'll agree to invest as much time as joining a sorority. If you don't do that and just hold events, there's no reason for people to come, much less commit to anything.

I was trying to say this exact thing yesterday and couldn't find the words. Thanks. Make sure all sisters are involved in other things on campus and are just plain visible on campus, not only as sorority members but as people. Sometimes people aren't jazzed about Greeks, but then if they find out that Jen from their chem class that they always have fun with is one, they change their minds.